List HotDocs File Name Extensions

HotDocs 6 through HotDocs 2008 supported binary answer libraries (or answer libraries with the .HAL file name extension). Starting with the release of HotDocs 2009, however, HotDocs now supports both binary answer libraries and XML-based answer libraries (which use the .HDL file name extension). By default, HotDocs will continue to use binary answer libraries as long as the file properties of items in the library use characters that are compatible with your system's default language. If you define answer file properties that contain foreign characters, HotDocs will create an XML-based answer library (so that it can properly display these characters in the Properties tab of the library window.)

HotDocs 6 through HotDocs 2008 supported two types of answer files—binary answer files and XML answer files. These files were typically named using the .ANS and .ANX file name extensions, respectively. Starting with the release of HotDocs 2009, however, HotDocs can save answer files in only XML format. This means that if you open a binary answer file (such as an .ANS file) in HotDocs 2009, make a change to the file, and then save it, the contents of the answer file will be converted to and saved as XML. (The file name, however, will continue to use the ANS file name extension.) If you want the answer file to be compatible with versions of HotDocs prior to HotDocs 2009, see Compatibility of HotDocs 11 Files with Earlier Versions of HotDocs.